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When we think of hunting, beautiful is typically one of the last words that comes to mind. But photographer Isabella Rozendaal's series "Isabella Hunts" shows that the dangerous sport yields gorgeous images, wrapped up i...

What would you do if you went to the library to check out a book, only to find it wasn't there? Not because it was already checked out, but because someone else disapproved of its content and had it removed from library ...

Beyond the music, the N.C. Pork Council is holding its whole hog barbecue state championship this weekend. The public has a chance to watch serious competitors and to eat barbecue…

The Great Noise Ensemble has found a new home in H Street's Atlas Performing Arts Center, and there couldn't be a happier collaboration. Both are adventurous, imaginative and fiercely committed, and the center is smack i...

Do you need a huge orchestra to make huge music? The answer -- to judge by the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra's larger-than-life performance at George Mason University on Saturday night -- is an emphatic no. Under the baton ...

NEW YORK — WikiLeaks has posted the script to "The Fifth Estate" and made its most forceful denunciation of the film about the site's creation and its colorful founder. The whistleblower website posted a memo calling t...

Married: George Soros, 83, and Tamiko Bolton, 42, Saturday in New York. The billionaire investor and education consultant wed at his Bedford, New York, estate. Judge Kimba Wood officiated at the small wedding attended by...

In only 10 years, the annual Fall Festival of Indian Arts has become a Washington area mainstay. The festival's dynamic program Friday at Sidney Harman Hall demonstrated that this first-rate festival is mature for its ye...

Nina Davuluri is halfway out the door of one of the dining rooms at Sequoia in Georgetown on Saturday when the applause begins. She has just finished lunch with members of the Upakar Foundation -- an Indian American scho...

Every house tells a story. In the case of Deans court, the 'ancestral home' in Dorset, England that we visited this week, that story dates back to the 11th century. The homes featured in our Stateside tours are mere babe...

NEW YORK — The more adult-oriented fall moviegoing season got off to a strong start over the weekend, as the Hugh Jackman kidnapping drama "Prisoners" opened with a box office-leading $21.4 million, according to studio...

What a difference two years makes. When President Obama addressed the Congressional Black Caucus's annual gala in 2011, some attendees left with a bad taste in their mouths. Back then, the president irked some when he vi...

DALLAS -- About 30,000 works of art reflecting on love will be displayed throughout Dallas this fall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as his motorcade passed through d...

Jennifer Hudson is back at it, dropping new music off of her upcoming third studio album. The former "American Idol" star debuted a new track called "I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)" this weekend, which is expected to ...

LOS ANGELES — When Netflix's "House of Cards" vies with cable series "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men" for best drama honors at the Emmy Awards, it will be a milestone in the coming-of-age of online entertainment. The polit...

Vine, Twitter's micro-video social network, is perhaps the best form of entertainment for Generation Distraction. With a limit of 6 seconds per video, it's easy for viewers to absorb a diverse array of content in just a ...

IOWA FALLS, Iowa -- Actor Hugh Jackman didn't just show up for Saturday night's reopening of the historic Metropolitan Theater in Iowa Falls. He and his family spent much of the day in the small community. Jackman, his w...

LAS VEGAS — There's a reason why Bruno Mars is set to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. The pop crooner was in perfect form at the iHeartRadio music festival Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. He wowe...

The Emmy Awards are this weekend and, in honor of Boardwalk Empire's win for Best Art Direction the other day, I created a room using lines, patterns, and colors inspired by the 1920s. This is Art Deco for today, and how...

Norwegian artists Lisa Pacini and Christine Istad are on a seemingly impossible mission to bring sunlight to the parts of the world that get little or none of it naturally. So how did two mere mortals achieve such a task...

ATLANTA — It was wet, muddy and slippery outdoors on the closing day of Atlanta's third annual Music Midtown Festival, but the bands rocked on. Rainy weather didn't dampen the mood of the crowd swarming into Piedmont P...

At this weekend's 65th annual Emmy Awards the Liberace biopic, "Behind the Candelabra," looks poised to take home some major awards (after already winning eight last weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys). And with news tha...